Col. Katrina E. Lloyd, Louisiana National Guard state surgeon, stands with her unveiled portrait during a ceremony at Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the Rapides Parish Library in Alexandria on Feb. 24. Lloyd was one of 13 honorees, as well as one of three women, to receive a portrait as part of the new Central Louisiana African American Culture and Heritage Center. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Scott D. Longstreet
Louisiana Army National Guard’s Sgt. Shakendra Neal, a Shreveport, native, became the first female in the State to earn the military occupational specialty of cavalry scout. Neal is the administrative and training noncommissioned officer for B Troop, 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment in Shreveport. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis.
This March during Women’s History Month, the Louisiana National Guard highlights two of its most recent contributors.
In February Col. Katrina Lloyd continued to make history when she was honored with a painted portrait at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library Branch’s grand opening of the Central Louisiana African American Culture and Heritage Center in Alexandria, Louisiana. She was one of 13 honore…
